Zero.

Dakota City Council agenda work session order, please.

The agenda work session minutes from July the 7th.

Is there a motion to approve?

Make a motion to approve.

Document.

Further discussion.

All those in favor, please raise your right hand.

Opposed life sound motion carry 7.0.

BOW report, Ms.

Richardson.

All right.

So we had a rather quick meeting this afternoon at the BLW board.

We started off by saying thank you and goodbye to Brian Torres, who was a member of the board.

And today was his last meeting, so we thanked him for 12 years of service.

One of the things that's not on the agenda that we did today, for people who are here who might know Sherry Rashad, Sherry is over at the BLW in customer service, and she does a wonderful job.

But she's more than that.

She kind of mothers every new employee to make sure that they're coming on right and doing well.

And one of the things that she had noticed is that employees, when they first come on, may not have the appropriate attire, may not have a BLW shirt or even an appropriate shirt.

So in celebration of Sherry and her 47 years at the BLW, we actually we.

So while Stephanie's trying to see if she can pull that up from earlier today, the largest summary is that our rates remain competitive, both our residential rates and our commercial rates.

And what that means is we look at our rates versus Georgia Power and COBEMC.

I am not sure what COB EMC is doing, but COB EMC has the lowest rates of all EMCs, and their rate is lower than ours.

But we are lower than Georgia Power.

So we kind of sit in between, but we are competitive.

And then we talked about continuing to work with the economic development folks with Daniel Cumming and his folks to get businesses to either locate in the city or if not located in the city under customer choice to choose getting power through Marriott of Power and Water.

And again, so remain aggressive.

That's nicely aggressive, not overly panhandily aggressive.

Expect continued load growth.

Again, the more we build, the more load we have.

This isn't even talking data centers, which seems to be everyone's concern on how we're going to handle that.

But this just has to do with as we grow, we will have more load growth.

And we're looking at the data management, the meter data management, to see if there are ways we can see what people are spending or they can see what they're spending kind of as it's happening, as opposed to you know, you get that bill for what happened last month, and you're in sticker shock.

So there may be ways you can look at your bill as it's going along, but that's a uh something that's got to happen between IT and the BLW.

Um so that was a very good presentation.

The full presentation is available or will be available on the BLW site if it's not already there for anybody who might want to see the details.

Um next, after that, we had Cobb Water Authority, Mr.

Shalfont.

Thank you.

This is a uh financial report summary for um ending June 30th of this year.

Uh we had water sales of the month averaged 76 million gallons a day compared with the budget of 89 million dollars.

So we're really down on sales for water this month, um, which missed the budget expectation by 1.2 million dollars.

But through the various workings of it, we had a net income of 4,600,000, which missed the budget by 255,000.

So it wasn't too terrible on that.

Year-to-date spending on capital projects was $26.3 million as of the date of the this report with a remaining annual CIP budget commitment of $65 million.

Cash reserve for CIP spending is totaled $54,000 $54 million at the end of June.

Year to date average rainfall as recorded at the Water Authority totaled 28 point 28.4 inches at the end of June compared to 28.7 at the same period last year.

So that's those are the thing on why we're we didn't make any money this year.

This month.

So that's about it.

All right.

Thank you very much.

Okay.

Next we have BLW finance.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Evening.

Good evening.

Thank you.

So I'll quickly go over the BLW financials.

We'll start off with our supplementals.

These are for the month of July for billings, which will account for the month of June.

Just to kind of recap, as always, the MIAG is on a calendar year.

BLW is on a July to June fiscal year, so this will account for our year-in fiscal as well as midway through the year for MIA.

For the month of June, the year to date, the total project's costs were on target.

The supplemental costs push the total power cost below the $1.5 million below budget.

So that was helpful year to date.

So one includes the CEPA wheeling, and one excludes the CEPA wheeling when we account for ours and our monthly billing and includes CEPA, but BL I'm gonna say MIAG doesn't pay CEPA.

And so their um billings did not include that, so that's the variance.

Okay, thank you.

So if you take a look at um page three, the gas prices um continued to climb.

April's pricing was three dollars and forty-two cents for MMBTU.

May's was three twelve, and um June was just below three dollars, so we continue to climb month after month, and that is helpful for our um sales, but um not necessarily for the actual collection of revenue.

The spot market pricing has um been nothing less than sporadic.

Taking a look at the first six months, February through May gave us a little bit of hope, thinking that it would um level out, but um, as you can see, May dropped um significantly, and then we had a rebound in June.

The MIAG forecast has it going to about the $50 range.

Um, actual pricing for the month of July.

The actual pricing was um on average about three dollars $34 per MMBTU.

It reached a high of 30 almost 36 and then dropping to a low of um 29 at the end of the month.

So um we will not hit the uh forecast that MIAG has projected, but we'll continue to monitor it throughout the year and see um the effects it'll have on our overall sales.

On page five, we um we're able to take a snapshot of the operations, and this was on the 18th of July.

We had a heat wave that came through that lasted um from about the 14th of July through the 25th of July, and we were able to capture some additional sales from during that time frame.

You'll notice that it hits a peak in the mid-afternoons, and then we typically will see um some rainfall and it'll cool off in the afternoon in the late into the evening.

So that was the typical pattern over those um over that time frame.

Looking at page six, we had high temperatures as I just mentioned before during that time frame that it forced us to use our coal plants in order to supply the demand as well as plant Addison.

So we had commitments that lasted throughout that time frame.

So the costs were additional, but we also had um revenue to offset that now that we're away from that heat from that heat wave, the coal and Addison are back to their normal levels, coal usually not being on.

Correct, they are not being utilized.

We don't have any commitments for them at this time, and as you can see, it's been a lot cooler than anticipated overall for the summer, so our actual usage has been a little bit lower.

Okay, thank you.

Um looking at page 10.

Um April hit a new five-year high.

We have been kind of on average of the NCP has been within range over the last six months.

We anticipated to continue.

We did not hit a um new high for the month of June.

Taking the and page 11, looking at the energy requirements, January and April did see a five-year high, but the remaining months would have been within the five-year average.

So we have seen a couple of months that were exceptional.

Other than that, they've been um primarily in range.

Going to page 12.

These are our fixed costs and how we um try to forecast out the year-in settlement.

Um, as I mentioned during the BLW meeting, we'll have to continue to watch these costs, but as with the recent calculation changes over the last year or so in relation to the supplemental and with the um true up costs for year in with Georgia Power and the plants, it's become a little bit um less predictive.

We are unable to predict them as um easily as we have before is what our year-in settlement costs will um refund will be, so we'll continue to monitor that and be um in correspondence with NIAG in regards to the supplemental calculations.

Last for our supplemental, we have page 13, and that is just a visual image of the lower than normal water usage.

We've had a lot of rainfall, so not as much uh need for irrigation and water.

I'll pause for a second before I move on to the financials for the month.

Okay.

So taking a look at the um financials, we are comparing the operating revenues for the month of June.

The I'm sorry, for the month of July.

Our operative revenues are on target.

Water and sewer were slightly under due to the seasonal seasonally high rainfall.

There's four million dollars built into this fiscal year's budget to augment the capital.

And so you'll see about three fourths of the way down where it has a use of reserves for the budget, um, but nothing for the actuals.

We'll only utilize those of cap uh use of reserve when necessary.

So for um also looking at the operating revenues and the non-operating revenues, uh the usage compared to last year, um, is under like I mentioned, it was just much higher rainfall than what mostly um happened during the month during these summer months, and then the indirect cost recovery is due to the um direct cost billing, so that's the variance there.

Looking at page two, um, our margins are down all this um mostly pri uh due to the administrative cost.

Administrative costs typically are higher in the month of July because of IT and uh maintenance.

So uh you'll see those expenditures roll down for next month and going forward, but for the first month when we were paying those maintenance costs, that'll um make those expenditures jump up for the month.

Um lastly, we have the reserves.

We have a three and a half three point seven million dollar um drop in our reserve.

The reason for that, as I mentioned, um we have budgeted, but not part of our actuals um the use of reserve, but we also have four million dollars that we rolled over from last fiscal year into the new fiscal year, utilizing the reserve funds to cover that um for encumbrances, which are um expenditures that we have committed to in the prior year, and we'll finish out in this fiscal year.

And we also reduced our um overall reserves requirements by 525,000 by utilizing the COVID um recovery reserves as part of the um that is part of a method to balance the budget during the budget year, so that was removed from the requirements, and we moved it into our operating budget for FY26, and that concludes my uh financials.

Uh so next up is Chair Person's report.

Yeah, I'd like just to follow up on what she said from MIAG.

I like to look at the public service commission report.

We're the head of the fourth floors in the state.

COVID and C is the best EMC in the state, but we're actually lower for them for basic 5,000 kilowatts, 10,000 and 15.

We're 12 cents, and we're just a little bit lower on them, even so it's good.

Another thing, but it does show we have a good supplier MIAG.

She pointed out our generations down because we're we don't own any of Vogel 3 and 4 now.

But we also don't have their debt.

Right.

So that's been postponed for 14 years.

But uh we're in good shape, like say the reserves are hair down, but our debt is very low because we paid most of it, and we mentioned common sea because they have less diversity and they have a lot of uh gas, which is a good time to be in the gas business.

We still have some coal, even though we closed one we'd be in Miag with the 49th, or the 49th cities with the largest, so um that it does as well, but like we can if you ever I like to keep scroll like saying look at the PSC because that covers most of our 44,000 customers during the 510 and 15.

Uh some of the bigger boys take care of the bigger boys.

The big volume they have they give good prices, which showed up on the survey today, but we spread it out between the residential and the and the big volume user.

But that's it.

Right now, this and the whole industry is going through what Meg's looking at the the big users, Bitcom, uh data centers.

But ironically, volume, you don't give they actually pay more because of so much demand.

So it it won't will not affect the customer, whoever gets it, whether we get one or two.

We have one now, which is they're gonna almost raise with 25 or 50 percent.

One customer over the other 44,000.

So it that's gonna be a very big good deal, and we're we're very delighted about that.

That's what I have, Madam Chair.

Thank you.

Um next we have the general manager's report, Mr.

Mull.

Thank you.

Good evening.

I've got one item today.

It's the uh annual supplemental power subscription to me AG.

We sign this uh execute this document every year.

It sells our excess capacity to they sell our XX capacity to either the other participants are in the market.

So this form is attached, and our board approved recommending to the council for approval uh executing this document with uh item number four, where he designates me aga as our agent to nominate and require uh any combination resources that that we would need.

So again, that was a recommendation from our board to the council to approve.

Thank you.

That being said, I'd like to make a motion to suspend the rules and add an item.

I was anybody else.

I'll second the motion.

Um all those in favor, please write in.

Motion carries.

All right, so um make a motion to approve the supplemental power supply nomination as presented to us from the board uh and authorize the agreement for the 2026 annual subscription with meag accordingly.

Second all those in favor, please wait right in.

No objection to consent.

Thank you.

That concludes my report, sir.

Mr.

Walker, recon recognition of Dan Cox.

Did you do bill?

Bill D report.

I'm sorry.

We got border lights and water.

This is for us.

Well, Brian retired today, so it's officially opened.

Uh but it's it's for a meter that's outside the city limits.

And then the representative, whether it's a homeowner, excuse me, whether it's a business, a big business, small business, um, that person, the actual individual has to live in the county and not the city.

And we'd like for you all to y'all to put on your thinking hat so we can have something by Wednesday.

I thought over the years we've mostly had a a small business, but we have people that let's just say for like Lockheed that's outside the city limits, that's a big customer that probably would hopefully we get involved in the community, but yes, ask somebody like that if they could submit a name to us for the consider.

And I'm just throwing that out to see what y'all thought.

That's fine.

That's a great idea.

It's a good idea.

Very good.

And then I'm gonna call tomorrow and see if we can get a name and then I'll get it to email so you'll have time to consider it.

But um Mr.

Mayor, because the items aren't on the ones say agenda.

Do we need to move this forward without a recommendation then to the Wednesday agenda?

Yes, please.

Motion to move for this item forward to the Wednesday agenda.

Second.

All those in favor, please raise your right hand.

Recognition of Dan Cox.

Yes.

I put this on the agenda for discussion.

Uh Dan Cox was former councilman for my ward, actually.

Um ward three, and he was the founder of the History Center.

And I what I was thinking, I think that we need to recognize him in some way, and what uh I kind of had in mind, but I'd like input and y'all's thoughts as well.

Maybe an everlasting plaque in front of the building, you know, just mentioning his service and maybe have that done by the fall and uh have a presentation for him.

So any other thoughts.

Good idea.

Thanks.

Great.

And this um the uh pla the plaque are thinking in front of the history center then.

Yes.

Okay, so okay.

And probably, you know, something I don't know if we can attach stuff to that building, but I think that would be appropriate.

One that is gonna last a long time.

And get with the DMDA and just make sure they're okay with how we would attach it.

Do that or um I also know that there's another it's on front of the building, but no, on the side of the building, they have a placard.

It's not attached to the building, but it is fairly close to the building to show help help show it.

So that might also be another way to do it if you're not going to try to affect the building given the historic nature.

And we do have some space right in the entryway when you go in uh that possibly we could put it there too that everybody would see.

Yeah.

So what would be the procedure to move this forward till to Wednesday or work out the details later?

To authorize staff to put it in process.

Yes, sir.

Yeah, I'd like to make a motion to move this to Wednesday's council agenda.

And it's authorized, authorized staff to execute upon this.

Yes.

I'll second.

Yeah, sure.

I think Western plan to motion is what Bill said that we're the tenant, DMDA owns a building.

We could just email Tom Browning to me just find a place for it.

They just have a concurrency week forward.

Yeah.

We have a motion and a second.

Do you want to did uh never mind?

Um, well, we got a no, it's on the yeah, did we on the agenda enough?

Yeah.

To move it forward to Wednesday.

I think there was a motion to do that.

So there's a motion to second it.

Uh all those in favor, please raise my hand.

Motion carry all right for consent.

Consent.

No objection.

Yeah, Mr.

Brown need to be excited to work with him.

Thank you.

Um Ms.

Mayor, before the for the next item, just want to note that my toy uh guys, I think this is an amendment to the tourism contract is being proposed.

My tourism disclosures will apply to this next item.

Okay.

Mr.

Sims.

Yes, sir.

So um I wanted to add this to the agenda.

I had a uh good conversation with Suzanne and Kim a few weeks ago uh regarding the um symphony and the seventy seventy-fifth anniversary and all of that.

And really what I wanted to do is um you know, maybe have uh Suzanne come down and and kind of if that's okay to just really enlighten us on you know what's going on and kind of what the real ask is and all of that good stuff and yeah, so yeah, I know we had a conversation, and um I think one of the things that it really kind of touched me a little bit was kind of how you have to move around to different venues and can you kind of talk to us a little bit about that?

Yeah, I would be happy to thank you first of all for this uh opportunity to stand in front of you and provide a little more context to our original request.

Um we really appreciate the conversation that we've had with you about this.

So um just to kind of recap everything.

The GSO is celebrating this year a lot of milestones, actually.

Um the organization itself is celebrating 75 years of um history of music making here in this community.

Our youth symphony is celebrating 20 years, and we are also celebrating the tenth year of um our conductor, Dr.

Timothy Vervil, who's here in the gallery, um being at the helm of our organization.

And in support of that, we are attempting to be have a greater presence in this community telling our story again, retelling our story, and continuing what we believe is to uh a great trajectory of growth for this organization.

Mr.

Sims was referring to the uh to the fact that we have to move around a good bit to perform.

We don't have a physical home performance home in this community.

Our offices are just off the square.

Um and we partner with a lot of organizations here.

We perform our holiday pops concert each year at the Marietta Performing Arts Center.

We perform our jazz series at the Strand every year.

Um this year we're bringing our sensory friendly and family performances to the Jenny T.

Anderson Theater.

So we as much as possible perform here in Marietta.

However, there are not stages in the City of Marietta large enough for the full orchestra.

The full orchestra when we're performing our classic series can be anywhere from 50, 60 up to 8595.

And then when you combine that with our chorus, which is 115 members, some of whom are in the audience tonight too.

Um they can be, we can have close to 200 performers on stage at a time.

And there are not stages here in the city of Marietta big enough for this at that time.

If you'd like to talk with me about some ideas we have for that, we can share those with you too.

But we perform most of our classics concerts at uh Morgan Hall on KSU's campus.

So we try to stay close and make sure that everyone is able to come out and see us.

But it does provide a challenge for us having to move around and find a home for each one of our performances.

Um we're born here in Marietta.

We are of this town.

Our musicians are largely in this town.

As I said, a hundred and fifteen of our chorus members, that's completely volunteer right here in this town.

Many of our musicians are here.

So we believe that we are uniquely linked to Marietta and count it as our home and want to continue to tell that story in a really big way this year, which is why our initial um application that we made during the grant period was to come in and ask for an out of the ordinary request for us.

This is not something we've ever asked for before and don't really intend for this to be an annual thing.

But in the year like this, a milestone year when we're trying to tell our story bigger, we need investment from the city of Marietta to be able to do that.

Um media buys of the type that we need to get the attention that we feel like we need for this year, are expensive.

We do not have a full-time marketing department.

We handle all of that ourselves and by using Marietta vendors like Zenith and Green Melon and other people who help us to do this.

Um, but that requires money.

And so we have come to you in this special year with a special request for a special investment in our organization that will help us to honor this year, honor the city as the presenting sponsor for our season, and um honor our unique and shared history with the city of Marietta.

Thank you.

Um does anyone have any questions for Suzanne?

So they came to us originally and they were asking for $50,000.

No, that's I'm sorry.

Pardon us.

No, $50,000 was what you and I talked about as our additional request.

Our initial request was for $95,000.

Right.

Right.

But the $50 was including the 20 that we already gave us 24,000, and we were hoping to get closer to 75,000 to for our complete request.

So we were hoping to come before you for an additional $50,000.

Gotcha.

Okay.

And that's what we talked about.

So yeah, so that's um what they ask is.

Um I thought about it and talked to a few people about it, and um I guess my ask is is to make a motion to kind of move this item to the Wednesday agenda.

And vote on it.

Bill and I had some conversations about it, and um you know there's a possibility that you know something could be done.

Um so that that is my ask.

I second the ask of the framework like we did for the the strand got extra money for their 90th and make this 50 specifically for the celebration of the 75th.

Yes.

Does that make sense?

Yep.

And you mentioned that we would be the spot the main sponsor of the intention is to present the City of Marietta as the presenting sponsor for our 75th season.

So wherever we are in the community and wherever we're performing, you will be the presenting sponsor.

You'll be on all of our uh promotional materials, um, all of the press releases, everything will always be talking about presenting the city of Marietta as our presenting sponsor.

Comments all those in favor of the motion for 50,000 for the celebration on the 75th, please.

Motion carries six oh consent.

Yes, thank you so much.

We appreciate this opportunity and your support very much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good evening again.

Um unfortunately I come before you to ask that this item um be tabled and brought back for the September committees.

Uh we have been in negotiations with this uh Marietta City Schools and have not come to an agreement um as of yet.

Um the changes to the contract that I present uh pre um presented previously, um the school board um has come back with additional asks, and um primarily that this year includes no increases in the cost, and um we are trying to come to an agreement to move forward.

Um one thing I will add is currently uh the prior contract ended as of June 30th of this year.

We bill on a quarterly basis, so we have not billed for this um first quarter of the new fiscal year as of yet.

Our hope was to um be in contractual agreement and have the terms set by the time we um complete the first quarter.

The salaries have gone up, their vehicles have gone up, all the equipment they use.

Yeah.

And all the the benefits uh that we have to pay.

So it's it's based on a percentage of the time that they actually work for this at the school system, they're always under their chief.

But uh when they're at the school system working those events and the things that are going on, they pay for those days, and then the days where school's not in session, they go back on the road or they're working inside the department, and so we pay for those days.

That would be the committee meetings at the end of September.

They um anticipate going to taking um hopefully a contract that we have agreed upon um staff-wise to their board in um the beginning of September in order for us um to in order for me to bring it to the council with um any comments from their board in order for the council to review fully and approve or deny a motion to bring it forward in September that MOU.

Maybe the 23rd, right?

Yeah.

I second it.

Oh excuse it, session.

Oh, it's not the 23rd.

These people were yes sir.

Can we change the motion to come back?

I mean, there's not much detail there, approved.

We can't change our police salary.

We can't change what we pay for a black and white cars.

But if they don't have a m they don't have a meeting till September.

She said September committee meeting, I thought.

No, their meeting.

I'm sorry.

The committee meetings in September going into the October council meeting.

Because their um board doesn't meet until mid-September to vote on it.

The issues that we're having is for the current year.

Um they're requesting that we um delay any increases until uh this part of a five-year contract that we spread the increases for year one over second through fifth years of the contract.

And that would be a reoccurring problem, too, wouldn't it?

Just make it so they've got to pay more during those four years than they would now.

Um I mean, we're not we're not talking a huge amount of money either, uh, as far as the difference.

Uh we're not talking hundreds of thousands of dollars.

We're we're way below that.

And um I expressed to them that they're not paying all of the cost, even it um with the contract that we have in place now.

So there's still insurance, there's um a number of items that they do not have to pay, but um they indicated that since their budget is already set, they would like to hold off on any additional increases for this year.

That makes it shorty set too.

That was my response.

Yes.

Yes, sir.

And there's the issue of I mean, we've got people over there working, and they're I mean, technically they'll be out of contract.

Yes, which isn't a good thing.

But the motion is on the table for this.

You come to us as a work session in September.

Yes.

Correct.

Because we're shifting to the work session.

So the table to the work session then work session or agenda work session.

Because they they said committees initially.

So August committees just for up.

They can be on their schedule, but we need to be able to give you an update on how close we are.

Okay.

It's August 26th.

Okay.

Um, they haven't met.

Is that is that not a problem?

We can at least give an update from the staff perspective, probably.

And that's who we're dealing with right now.

Oh, okay.

It's the staff that we're having to negotiate with there's a motion and second before.

Just make sure I'm clarifying.

Yes, it's August 26th.

Yeah, I'll second your substitute.

So it's August 20th.

So the August committee meetings.

Okay.

Okay.

Did we vote in favor?

No, we have not voted yet.

And we're gonna move that motion forward with this vote.

Um those in favor?

No opposed, nobody's supposed to motion carry some.

And if you don't like it for consent.

Consent.

Yeah.

Now we have uh the really good news.

Uh dealing with our property in casualty.

Uh Ms.

Register will tell us all about it.

Yep.

Good evening, everybody.

Um, Mr.

Mayor, last meeting uh we presented a new proposal for our property and casualty through Gurma.

Uh we were very excited about the the price point and some of the really good perks with moving to that program.

We did get two other quotes from our current um broker, and they're in your packet.

So they did not come in very favorably.

Um our cost saving is just very, very great uh going with the Gurma product.

So that is gonna be the final recommendation.

Mr.

Mayor.

Just to make sure we have the numbers on that.

The Garmer's recommendation is 1,400,000 481,887, which is lower than our current premium of one point about 1.7 million, correct?

Correct.

And lower than the other two quotes at 2.2 and 2 and about 2 million from our current provider for this year.

And then the 18,000 will be for the fiduciary liability, and that's still recommended to go forward with that company.

Correct.

Second.

All those in favor, please raise your right hand.

Motion carries all right for consent.

No objection.

Thank you.

Walker is going to get the invocation.

This National Public Safety Cadet competition is going to be presented.

And just scheduled appearances, one of them withdrawn.

Yes, sir.

Mr.

Barth called in and said he's unfortunately not going to be able to make it.

And uh wanted to let us know that he would not be there for that.

So now we have one for scheduled appearance.

The special minutes for July the 7th.

Any additions, relations, or motion?

No objection to consent.

Any objection to that being on consent?

No.

No objection.

July 9th, regular meeting.

No objection to consent.

No objection.

Okay with everybody else?

He's okay.

Yeah, I've spoken with him and he'd like to serve another term, and he's done a good job, so I'd like that to be on consent if that's okay with you.

No objection to consent.

No objection.

105 Ayers Avenue.

Thank you, Mayor, and good evening.

Um so for 105 Ayers Avenue, there's going to be a request Wednesday night for a rezoning from R4 to R4 with increased density.

The property subject property uh currently holds one home, and the applicant is looking to subdivide the lot into three additional lots to build single family homes under the in fill uh residential overlay.

And um, because of the density, uh it is allowed to go up to eight units per acre, and they require eight point three units per acre in order to complete their project.

Um and so as you see the request or the recommendation from the planning commission is to um is was for approval but also to incorporate uh garages in the design as well.

And uh today staff did receive both renderings for the for the buildings and also new site plan for the site as well uh to demonstrate that.

And so Shelby, if you have that to pull up, if you would.

So that's the new site plan, and then the new renderings on the next tab.

And I don't believe the applicant is here tonight, uh, Graham Mcorder, but he will be here for the public hearing on Wednesday.

And Mr.

Mayor, ask a quick question.

The rendering is shown is so that is for the two car garages that was requested by the planning commission.

That's correct.

Okay.

Thank you.

Any other comments for tonight?

Thank you.

Would you recommend there be on consent?

Yes, sir, please.

What for the second one?

Yeah, the second one.

Just show me abstaining.

Just in case.

I'd still need to at least state it.

It does.

Okay.

213 Brager Street.

Thank you again, Mayor.

This item was taken out by the JL committee and was moved forward to this meeting, not or to the full council, not put on consent.

Staff has no new information but can answer any questions that you might have.

And I believe Mr.

Garner, the developer, is here as well.

Mayor, I am the reason that it's off consent, and I just wanted to clear this with the neighbors in the area.

Basically, the streets gone from kind of a quiet street with four houses to a much busier street with what can be an addition of six or seven new houses in a very short distance.

So I've got one other neighbor to hear from.

Just again, it's more about their awareness.

I just don't want it on consent yet, please.

Okay.

The next one's on consent.

The one for the answer's code, I'd like to.

Okay, that's not consent.

I won't be able to vote for it Wednesday because I think it looks like it favors us.

I think it's perception.

What is the time limit?

When when would we say?

I mean, do we do any other thing in under Georgia law like this?

Where I'm sorry.

We're on the ethics section.

Are we still on mobilization?

Okay.

No, I've skipped it because that's obviously that's the one I'm most interested in.

The the vehicle immobilization service.

Okay.

Or to leave that on consent.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

And I'd I'd like to that I wanted to not be on consent.

The next one.

And also Mr.

had the same dignity.

I mean our ethics code is under an ordinance.

When you have to amend it.

Yes, sir.

The one to take two readings?

Yes, it was.

Okay, that's why it says first reading.

Right.

Next two items.

On consent.

I'd like to leave those on consent.

The personnel and the public works, all those are on consent on page five.

Wes Dixie's on consent.

And why don't you leave that on consent?

No objection.

Objection.

No objection.

Austin Avenue.

Uh yes, Mr.

Mayor.

This will be a public hearing for traffic possible traffic calming devices to be installed on Austin Avenue.

Uh notifications have been mailed out, and we'll be ready for the public hearing on Wednesday.

We don't have any other further information at this time.

Any comments?

Public hearing, right?

Yeah.

Thank you, Mark.

Thank you.

No.

Okay.

Written twice.

Thank you, Mayor.

This was going to be a request from Accent Marietta and West Plan for uh variances related to the existing signage.

They were looking to modify that signage.

We believe they still are.

But they contacted staff just a couple of hours ago requesting to table.

They're going to begin with their sign company and making some modifications and want to bring it back to you at that point.

Yes, sir.

Sounds like they're asking to table it for a month.

What's the appropriate Mr.

Mayor for procedural?

What would you would you like a motion at this time or be a consent?

It requires the city council approval to table it.

And you can put it on consent to table if you choose.

Did they request it?

Yeah, they requested at the request of the application.

48 hours is meant.

Yes, sir.

Is there a motion to change the motion to a table?

So moved.

Second.

All those in favor, please raise your right hand.

Right for consent.

No objection.

No objection.

Table for a move.

And we could consent it because we do it ahead of time, it didn't have to go to a public hearing.

Correct.

Correct.

Thank you.

Action.

Consent.

No objection.

Objection.

The uh need for executive session.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

We potential litigation.

Um right before we go in, though.

Could I have uh we got two new employees uh that are here in the audience, I think.

Yes, we do.

Um Daniel Cummings, could you introduce uh the two individuals?

I'm gonna ask them to come down as well, just since I've been provided the floor.

Um so we have been very fortunate in Marietta to have a great economic development team, and so within the past few weeks we've um welcomed two new team members.

Uh one who some of you have probably already met, Asia Wilson.

She is our new downtown uh project manager.

She's gonna be working with all of our square businesses, and the other started today.

Um, so she has a good first day, and that is Savannah Taylor, and she is gonna be working with our uh more industrial office businesses outside of the square.

Um but I can say they both have very impressive backgrounds, and I think they're gonna do a wonderful job for you and for the the citizens and businesses of Marietta.

Welcome aboard, welcome, welcome.

Bring in the money.

Yes, sir.

We do have a need for an executive session.

Motion to go into executive session for potential and potential litigation.

Potential impending or just potential potential, potential litigation.

Second.

We're now entering executive session.

So I was just staying here.

Yes, sir.